Dardanelle’s comeback falls short in loss to SubiacoDARDANELLE – The Dardanelle Sand Lizards trimmed a 17-point Subiaco Academy lead to three in the final two minutes of Tuesday’s game at Dardanelle, but the Trojans held on to take a 62-56 victory. After falling behind 47-30 early in the fourth quarter, the Sand Lizards went on a 23-9 run to pull within 56-53 with 1:38 left. Unfortunately for Dardanelle, the Trojans were able to make free throws in crunch time to preserve the victory. Both team...

Owens hits 25 in Lady Cyclones winLITTLE ROCK — Alyssa Owens scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Russellville Lady Cyclones to a dominating 50-27 victory over the Mount Saint Mary Belles on Tuesday. Shameka Ealy scored seven of Russellville's points in the first quarter and was the only Lady Cyclones (8-11, 4-2 7A/6A-Central Conference) to hit any field goals. Alyssa Owen's successful trip to the charity stripe before the buzzer made the score 9-7. Owens opened the seco...

Cyclones swim to third at Cabot meetCABOT — The Russellville Cyclones and Lady Cyclones swim team traveled Thursday to Cabot to compete in a swim meet, where over 200 swimmers across 30 teams were in participation. The Lady Cyclones finished in seventh-place. The meet was won by Cabot who scored 422 points, followed by Mountain Home (230), North Little Rock (185), Greene County Tech (178), Jonesboro (164), Vilonia (130), Russellville (121), Central Arkansas Christian (95), Maume...

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Junior Lady Pirates win two straightATKINS — The Dover Junior Lady Pirates beat the Atkins Junior Lady Red Devils 34-29 on Jan. 19 in Atkins. The Junior Lady Red Devils established a 9-3 lead after the first quarter, but Dover fought back for a 17-17 tie at halftime. Dover went up 28-22 after the third quarter. “This was a tough road game,” Dover head coach Mike Heath said. “Atkins had a good game plan against us and did a good job of attacking our zone defense. We had to battle...

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Gators top AtkinsOLA — The Two Rivers Gators beat the Atkins Red Devils 58-62 on Friday inside Gator Gymnasium after trailing the Red Devils through three quarters of action. Atkins led 35-28 at halftime, but Two Rivers took a lead midway through the fourth quarter and held on until the final buzzer. The Gators were led in scoring by Morgan Yates with 27, Logan Jones with 16 and Colby Whitlow with 13 points. Two Rivers SG 44, Atkins 43 OLA — The Two Rivers Lad...

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Pottsville JH sweeps DardanellePOTTSVILLE — The Pottsville Junior Apaches defeated the Dardanelle Junior Sand Lizards 32-18 on Monday inside George Jones Gymnasium. Pottsville (15-3, 8-1 4A-4 Conference) took a 13-7 lead after the first quarter and a 22-9 lead at halftime. After the third quarter, the Junior Apaches were up 26-11. Pottsville was led in scoring by Jacob Chisum with 12 points and Kyle Hudson and Greyson Stevens with six each. “This wasn't our best game offens...

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Whirlwinds fall to NLRThe Russellville Junior High Whirlwinds lost to the North Little Rock Junior Charging Wildcats 46-35 recently. Leading scorers for Russellville were Bryson George with eight, Ryan Talley with six, Javion White with four, Josiah Woodard with three and Rhett Adkins with two points.

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Simpson signs with CBCRussellville senior Kaylynn Simpson signed a NAIA Letter of Intent to play soccer with Central Baptist College on Monday inside Russellville High School Cafeteria. Simpson is a three-year starter for the Lady Cyclones soccer team and was a member of the 2012 Class 6A state championship team, but her success reaches far beyond the Russellville soccer program. Simpson also won state championships with the AVSA U17 Fierce Classic team, U15 Cobasa...

Cyclones mercy rule GreenwoodZach Carter’s steal and ensuing layup in the opening moments of the fourth quarter was enough to start the Mercy Rule during the Russellville Cyclones 69-41 win over the Greenwood Bulldogs on Friday inside Cyclone Gymnasium. The Bulldogs (4-12, 0-5 7A/6A-Central Conference) won the opening tip, but when Russellville’s (7-10, 2-3) offense kicked in, it quickly and put up a spread that Greenwood would never close. With back-to-back wins, it seem...

Year one: Dawson settles in at RHSEditor's note: This is part of an ongoing series that chronicles the first year of the Billy Dawson era of Cyclones football. Billy Dawson hasn’t quite transitioned to his new position as Russellville High School's head football coach. Dawson spent the majority of his career at Nashville, but accepted the head coaching position at RHS on Dec. 30. Since then, his life has been a flurry of activity — from moving across the state, to rebuilding t...

Dover knocks off Pottsville in comeback thrillerDOVER — The Dover Pirates completed a 21-8 run over the final five minutes of Friday’s heated contest against the Pottsville Apaches to claim a 61-55 victory in a packed gymnasium in Dover. Two free throws by Jake Dugger gave Pottsville its largest fourth-quarter lead at 47-40 with 5:18 left, but Dover would go on a 17-3 run in the next 3:01 to take a 57-50 lead with 2:17 left. Luke Price gave Dover its first lead at 49-47 with two free throws...

Lady Apaches roll Lady Pirates 54-28DOVER — The Dover Lady Pirates battled neck-and-neck with the Pottsville Lady Apaches for much of two quarters Friday, but a late first-half surge by the Lady Apaches propelled them to a 54-28 victory. Dover closed the Lady Apaches lead to 18-14 with a 3-pointer with 5:38 left in the second quarter before Pottsville exploded for 20-6 run in a span of 3:54 to open up a 38-18 halftime lead. The Lady Apaches came out of the gate on fire as they r...

Lady Cyclones bit by BulldogsCold shooting doomed the Russellville Lady Cyclones during their 46-27 loss to the Greenwood Lady Bulldogs on Friday inside Cyclone Gymnasium. Russellville (7-11, 3-2 7A/6A-Central Conference) was held to just five points in the first quarter and eight in the second — but the dagger was in the third quarter, when Greenwood (18-1, 5-0) outscored the Lady Cyclones 12-4. Russellville knew going in that defeating the Lady Bulldogs was going to be ...

RHS Wrestling wins at homeThe Russellville Cylcones wrestling team pulled out a nail-biting 42-39 victory over the Van Buren Pointers on Thursday inside Cyclone Gymnasium. Russellville freshman Adam Morales entered the final bout of the evening as the Cyclones trailed the Pointers. Morales needed — and succeeded — to pin his opponent to give Russellville the last-minute victory. "I'm so proud of our team for putting themselves in a position to win," Cyclones head coach...

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Atkins game resumes after arrestATKINS — The Lady Red Devils resumed their Colors Day match-up against the Danville Lady Little Johns on Wednesday after the Jan. 16 game was called off when the score was 5-5 when a man rushed across the court and was reportedly restrained and arrested by Atkins resource officer Luke Sawdy. Atkins defeated Danville 45-37 during Wednesday’s game. “This was a hard game for everyone,” Atkins head coach Craig Pinion said. “We were out of our norm...

Golden Suns 18-1 go undefeated in TexasDALLAS, Texas — The Arkansas Tech University Golden Suns 18-1 volleyball team went undefeated at the recent Winter Fest Tournament in Dallas, Texas. The Golden Suns 18-1 team is made up primarily of 7A/6A-Central Conference rivals and includes Russellville’s Hunter Eshnaur and Meredith Darnell, but also Bailey Thomas from Atkins. Other team members are Alexa Hreha, Chloe Brinkley, Sara Nethercutt and Allison Weatherly from Conway and Sarita St...

Cyclones grab first conference winBRYANT — Andy Campbell and K.J. Patrick each turned in double-double efforts and helped the Russellville Cyclones beat the Bryant Hornets 70-57. It was Russellville's first 7A/6A-Central Conference win of the season. Patrick finished the games with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Campbell had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Many of Patrick's shots were fed from Co-Chese Temple-Laws and Jacob Boles. Russellville didn't score a single 3-pointer throughout...

Lady Cyclones clutch victory from BryantBRYANT — It looked like the Russellville Lady Cyclones might march over the Bryant Lady Hornets during their 61-57 victory over Bryant on Tuesday, but the Lady Hornets had something to say about that. After leading by as many as 14 points, Russellville was outscored 14-2 in between the second and third quarters and watched Bryant battle back into contention. The Lady Cyclones trailed 46-42 midway through the fourth quarter, but cobbled togethe...